Measuring-vessel



MEASURING VESSEL.

Patented 1390.2, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES VINCENT KIERNAN AND THEODORE F. MOORE, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,960, dated December2, 1890.

Application filed August 9, 1890. Serial No. 361,517. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J AMES VINCENT KIER- NAN and THEODORE F. MOORE,citizens of the United States, and residents of Norfolk, in the countyof Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Covered Measures and Funnels; and we do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure l of the drawings is a side View showing the funnel with themeasure. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the measure. Fig. 3 is a viewof the funnel, partly in section.

This invention relates to covered measures and funnels; and it consistsin the novel construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter setforth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a measure providedwith the cover B, hinged near the handle C. This cover is provided witha central opening surrounded by an upwardly-tapering hollow frustum D,which may be struck up from the blank forming the cover or solderedthereto. The object of this hollow frustum' is to receive the taperedend of a funnel when the latter is not in use, thus permitting molasses,oil, or other like substances to drain into the measure, which thusserves the purpose of a drip-cup as well as a rest for the funnel; also,the said frustum serves the purpose of a thumb-piece when `raising thecover. A cap e is provided for covering the raised opening or trust-umwhen the measure is not in use. The funnel A is constructed with a coverhinged to a shelf h, soldered to its rim, and is provided on its uppersurface with a thumb-piece o for convenience in raising the cover, ahandle d being provided just in the rear ot' the shelf b. It will bereadily perceived that this covered measure, with its raised opening orfunnelrest, presents every convenience for the preservation ofcleanliness about the barrel from which the article is drawn, as afteruse the funnel may be immediately transferred to the opening in the topof the measure, which receives all the dri ppin gs, thus protecting thefloor and preserving the drippings at the same time.

Having described this invention, whatwe claim is- A covered measure forliquids, having a hinged cover provided with a raised opening or hollowfrustum for receiving the small end of a funnel, by which means thelatter is retained and allowed to drain into the Ineasure, substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

J. V. KIERNAN. THEODORE F. MOORE. Vitnesses:

II. I-IOLT, T. M. J OHNsTON.

